Text to Speech in Excel VBA

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Do you have an edition of Excel with “Text to Speech” installed? If so, you can make Excel speak from VBA code. Don’t forget to turn up your speakers.

Text to Speech

The following will speak the text in cell A1 of the ActiveSheet:

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SubSayThisCell()

Cells(1,1).Speak

EndSub

This Macro doesn’t require text to be in any spreadsheet, it speaks the contents of a string:

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SubSayThisString()

DimSayThis AsString

SayThis="I love Microsoft Excel"

Application.Speech.Speak(SayThis)

EndSub

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